Woodland Township is located in Midland County, Michigan and has a small population of around 5,000 people. It is a rural area with many farms and small-town businesses. The local politics of Woodland Township are largely managed by the Woodland Township Board of Trustees. The board consists of five trustees who serve four-year terms and are elected by the township voters every two years. Local residents can get involved in politics by attending meetings held at the township hall, volunteering to help out on election day, or even running for office themselves! By participating in the political process, community members can have their voices heard on important decisions being made that will affect them and their families for years to come.
The political climate in Woodland township, MI is strongly conservative.
Barry County, MI is very conservative. In Barry County, MI 32.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.3% to 32.8%.
Barry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Woodland township, MI is strongly conservative.
Barry County, Michigan is very conservative.
Grand Rapids-Kentwood Metro Area is leaning conservative.
Michigan is leaning liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Woodland township, Michigan: R R r R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Woodland township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 577 contributions totaling $26,038 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 368 contributions totaling $113,367 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $308 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)